Understanding Scripture: An Overview of the Bible’s Origin, Reliability, and Meaning, ed. by Wayne Grudem, Tom Schreiner, and Jack Collins (Crossway, 2012), is on sale for a limited time at WTS Books for $7.14.
In 19 essays leading experts provide concise studies on key issues of how to understand the Bible and its origin (canon and original languages), reliability (Bible manuscripts and archaeology), and meaning (interpreting it properly and reading it well).
You can read online for free the essays by John Piper and David Powlison. I think students and preachers in particular will be helped by the list in Jack Collins’s essay of all the exact quotations of the OT in the NT.
Part 1: Interpreting the Bible
- Interpreting the Bible: An Introduction, Daniel Doriani
- Interpreting the Bible: A Historical Overview, John Hannah
Part 2: Reading the Bible
- Reading the Bible Theologically, J. I. Packer
- Reading the Bible as Literature, Leland Ryken
- Reading the Bible in Prayer and Communion with God, John Piper
- Reading the Bible for Personal Application, David Powlison
- Reading the Bible for Preaching and Public Worship, R. Kent Hughes
Part 3:The Canon of Scripture
- The Canon of the Old Testament, Roger T. Beckwith
- The Canon of the New Testament, Charles E. Hill
Part 4: The Reliability of Bible Manuscripts
- The Reliability of the Old Testament Manuscripts, Paul D. Wegner
- The Reliability of the New Testament Manuscripts, Daniel B. Wallace
Part 5: Archaeology and the Bible
- Archaeology and the Reliability of the Old Testament, John Currid
- Archaeology and the Reliability of the New Testament, David W. Chapman
Part 6: The Original Languages of the Bible
- Hebrew and Aramaic, and How They Work, Peter J. Williams
- Greek, and How It Works, David Alan Black
- The Septuagint, Peter J. Gentry
Part 7: Old Testament and New
- A Survey of the History of Salvation, Vern S. Poythress
- How the New Testament Quotes and Interprets the Old Testament, C. John Collins
